The Republican journal., 1887-12-29

fin, past three years asde from doing the ordinary
routine of family work, set together ten patchwork
nuilts air made from very small pieces the last
containing 1884 pieces. Mrs. p. has children
nny living. ; girls and boys See Grange News
WA>mI>GroN. Augustus }. Newhall of this town
died saturday, after an Illness OF several months.
AR Newhall held various town and county offices
aud for several terms member Of the State
legislature. The stave. threshing and shingle
mill at West Washington, owned by solomon r.
HOPKINS of Whitefield and occupied by Lord Bow
man, was destroyed by fire saturday morning.
Cause unknown. Loss $3.50; no insurance.
oorru MoNr> HE Mrs. Belle Danforth Is quite
sick . Jefferson Peavey started evening last
week 10 90 to the store and making msstcp III
the dark fell, and ugly cash some three
inches long ON his forehead. 1t kept him indoors
for a number of days. Hollis jackson was oblig
ud to close his school in Morrill, last week on
accoun of hi, health. Mr.. Jackson Is graduate
from Bucksport Seminary and this was his first
term of school. 1t is reported that this has been
hard school to govern, but Hollis was succeeding
finely. All were very sorry, some OF the scholars
shedding tears, and others said 1t was the best
school they have had for ten years NJ j. Creasey
has moec,l into the J. w. Hannah house which he
bought list fail.
KNOX. Christmas was very generally observed
in private families saturday evening, and not
the least among them the family gathering AZ
Beng. Posts. 1t was our good fortune TO be pres
"nt, and when the supper call was sounded forty
four. ln4ce and small, responded, and were seated
at tho different tables. Though the company was
Large our hos; and hostess proved equal t".the oc
c.,,ion nor was the retreat sounded until all had
lone Justice to the ample supply of viands, which
comprised tUrkty supper with all the iiNings.
~ lu~ >uur scribe he was too full for utterance,
on,i nHNing eaten amy supper since the might be
fore. After the inner man was fully satisfied the
tables cleared and all repaired to the spacious
parrr Here -.reen was removed, revealing a
hc1u,iiui trrc fairly gioaning under the weight OF
presents, some o1 which were rare and costly At
Il given signal ''~;1t;l tlau," appeared from some
uhe-, in me upper regions clad in full Arctic
i.lnc. lil~ and ALI, for have Nici.hng here. 1t
u:~ Whispered that hc strongly resembled Your
-,rll,c. BE that ~ il may, HI dispensed presents
With +. buuutitul hand. -Not Of the large as
9un.l,Iag. Wi- forgotten. \ sentiment offered
hN santa lau-. The absent and daughter,
although ttt1 cannot Ne with rs. in the best OF all
papers the journal We Wil! send them good cheer.
They are iii the fan west, but Nour paper reaches
them iu~ the same. After the tree cleared,
NUS, c;ley etc. were served, after which, at l:o,
tl, company separated, we'll pleased with the day,
tie company, and in fact with everything, and al
h"i,in4 Ia mc.t the same santa Claus year from
date ..Icltmiah Webb, 81, who has been very
~rk il considered ont Of danger. Mrs. Eachelder
j. inilroN ing The nulni,- going the rounds
aHa whole families ,l"Wn with them. Mrs.
N J. Wentworth l. away f"r len days, professions
;Aly, wcNclicNr.... Quarterly mretin. n the stream
on sunday the >th inst, afternoon aad evening.
I;ry. Mr. os-ood, Presiding Elder, viii he present
-lrt there bc Il full house.
IIBAErl Charles Cox, of Freedom, Is teaching
the upper village school al.d Miss Mary Brown Of
thi- ,itla4.. the lower -rhoo o.. The amount OF
Christmas goods sold by :. T. Young was very
l4i.e". in,tr"d. many more goods were sold here
ihan ctrr before, and maayI"f them were very
fine Besides that the stage from Belfast Was laden
,vith bundles .,m abroad for more than week
II Chri mls present, make people happy many
in.r-"us Til, vicinity must be Jubilant.- 1t is
well known fact that the building of railroads az
frr- the towns through which the road passes.
tut ii viii he a surprise to many To learn that the
luilIin- of the Meg;lntic railroad In the extreme
l.orthcrn part of the State affects ti, town. But
~lrh j. the case. 1t alcct, in this way. Nearly
every might for the past two weeks the selectmcm
h..Sc hrcn called upon 10 furnish lodgings for from
Two to three tiamps each night, all claiming that
tLcy had been working on the Mtganr railroad
iu,d lett brcausc the pay small and So much
charged for clothing that they could not live, ahd
that the, are Oh the way To their homes and are
without money. They tell the same story whether
they are going west east. We have no place
provided for them, and have to send them to the
hot, iii a dollar head, and at this rate we shall
-oon have more stock in the Megantic railroad
than we car. for. There Is cute Il demand here
for oat-. Persons having them to sell will d" well
To- e:tl1 on, ar write t. y D. Mathews, Liberty vii
la:se....t hasc Crockett AT Mcfarland's Corner
nI,t With Il serious accident last saturday While
unloading Il hogshead of m"lasses and using come
Kind of pry it Slipped and threw him TO the
ground breaking his collar bone and otherwise in
iHiins him Dr. T.. y. Porter was called to set the
honc... We frequently hear the enquiry: Glow
arc we TO make this cold, drcary winter pass of
quickly: 4" We should lay that the following Is the
IN, It cfrctual way: Have Nour note in the bank
payable ~ ninety tiaIs an not know y, here the
moucy is coming from to meet it-...We learn. that
Il Mr.. jackson, from ELLSWORTH has rented the
5 aye mill # !. u. Cram it the Kingdom for Il term
"t wears, and j. running ii to its fullest apac
tv......jofn Sherman.will be the juryman from
t,i- town for the January term of court held at
Belfast Arthur Martin, of this town, has an in
cubator designed and made by himself that dis
counts all the bidde4 for Matching eggs. From 1913
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Wi<,I,.r.t1 Christina. week na..,,i +, fl very
l.a,.,,l. l,.,,. rb,. t,,,.. ,,,.,,. fuu ,t u,etv
,, .,,, az r.,,,.r.. ,.,..,l,,i,- was hus, 81, a
iul. .ei,.., from .,nue,r,rer- ,,r,,n,iv ,u,, bia
-u,.tt.,,rt hi- Sisters j~ rnu.il- and Iis ANTS
,,,-t t.a,,. ! .. I,s, ..,..-,,t T,.-AI sun,lo,.
-,h,l l. ., / Iri-t,las tt,. At their ycstry -atlr
,l.,, ,.uIl., N t{, bore. al, ilnt fruit The mas
o..ld bi- wife re .r we'd IA nice willow chair ami
h,r,.it,,s l,,,lr Ii,, NUo1intcndant received n
, i ,,, tul AIT the, littI, f,,k. we're made han.
m ,,Iilt ..iit- .f soma, Kind The soy, ices in the
t,tt,.ft -tf,f,,- D.,r,,tt, vi ,r, very Interesting
lnitiruI.iItlt7n WAS tireN rendered Nv the choir
tour ,,tu- llii Ir,., We're tto pr, ~,lci for bap-
ti-.4. Aftcr Uhi-h aa ;l,prnpriate sermon was
i,r'Ic,i h- ic la-tpr, followed 10y the sacrament
o tlsa l.trl'-- supper \ praise -crSi"c was held
IA tip. -.,niY. -.. Alup private trees at family
gtnrrng- v,-l,' ull ln Nurau- part ;of the tow
Anar.. lAru4 scr, ihu-c ~ tlic homes Of Mr. John
n O. I..t q M, al